BAA agrees Gatwick airport sale (Regulation and Efficiency)

It finally looks like Gatwick Airport has been sold. Click on the link below for more information.

BBC NEWS Business BAA agrees Gatwick airport sale




This could easily be an article in the A2 Unit 3 paper in January. Points for discussion;

1. What are the issues with BAA having 'a monopoly over so much airport capacity in the south east'?

2. What advantages will the customer expect to see with the break up of this 'Monopoly'? (specifically, what sort of efficiency gains could you expect to see?)

3. What are the possible disadvantages of forcing BAA to sell Gatwick?

Mr Bentley